Romantic and sexual orientation: Difference between revisions

===Polysexuality===

Polysexuals are attracted towards more than one gender, but not all genders (as in [[pansexuality]]) and not just both [[binary genders]] (as in some understandings of [[bisexuality]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |title=Polysexuality |website=RationalWiki |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721221943/https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> For example, someone attracted to all genders except [[men]] might identify as polysexual.<ref name="Murphy2021">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Polysexual? Here's How Experts Explain This Sexual Identity |last=Murphy |first=Colleen |work=Health.com |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201505/https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>  Polysexual people might or might not have a gender preference.<ref>{{cite book |title=Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People |date=2017 |publisher= Wiley |quote=Polysexual (adjective) describing a person who is predisposed to bond emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually with many different sexes or genders. The attraction and interest are not necessarily equally split among these sexes or genders.}}</ref>